{"id":44682,"date":"2026-03-05T15:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=44682"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:07:38","slug":"joao-pedro-reaches-diego-costa-level-numbers-in-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/premier-league\/joao-pedro-reaches-diego-costa-level-numbers-in-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo\u00e3o Pedro reaches Diego Costa-level numbers in Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"932\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Chelsea FC<\/span><\/span> delivered an emphatic statement on Saturday night with a 4\u20131 victory over <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Aston Villa FC<\/span><\/span>, and once again, it was <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Jo\u00e3o Pedro<\/span><\/span> who stole the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"1326\">The Brazilian forward scored during the dominant performance, taking his tally to 17 goals and nine assists across all competitions this season. The strike not only helped Chelsea secure three important points but also saw Pedro reach a statistical milestone previously achieved by former Blues striker <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Diego Costa<\/span><\/span> during his standout seasons at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1557\">Pedro\u2019s impressive numbers underline his rapid rise as Chelsea\u2019s main attacking weapon this campaign. The 22-year-old has consistently delivered in crucial moments, combining clinical finishing with creativity in the final third.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1559\" data-end=\"1962\">Transfer expert <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/span> highlighted the significance of the achievement, noting that Pedro\u2019s output is now among the best recorded by a Chelsea striker since Costa\u2019s peak years. Romano also quoted club legend <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">William Gallas<\/span><\/span> praising the forward\u2019s mentality, describing his potential as \u201cscary\u201d thanks to his hunger, quality, and relentless work rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea FC delivered an emphatic statement on Saturday night with a 4\u20131 victory over Aston Villa FC, and once again,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":44683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4650],"tags":[3187,312,4894,474,3918,1823,3796,4000,4466,399,218],"class_list":["post-44682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","tag-blues","tag-chelsea","tag-costa","tag-diego-costa","tag-english-premier-league","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-joao-pedro","tag-liam-rosenior","tag-pedro","tag-premier-league"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44684,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44682\/revisions\/44684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}